There is no optimal treatment for interstitial lung disease, and the aim of treatment is mainly to slow down the progression of the disease and improve the quality of life. Interstitial lung disease has different causes and different treatments, which need to be chosen according to the cause of the disease.
1. Interstitial lung disease is a general term for a large group of diseases. Occupational dust, radiation injury, rheumatic immune diseases and so on can lead to interstitial lung disease.
2. Patients with interstitial lung disease caused by occupational dust, drugs or rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other factors need to remove the cause of the disease and actively treat the primary disease to avoid the progression of interstitial lung disease.
3. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is also a kind of interstitial lung disease, the disease is mainly through the antifibrotic drug pirfenidone, nidazanib to slow down the progress of the disease, at the same time can be given oxygen, asthma, cough and other symptomatic treatment. Patients with end-stage interstitial fibrosis need lung transplantation.
3. Interstitial lung disease also includes nodular disease. These patients are mainly treated with glucocorticoids, methotrexate, azathioprine and so on.
Warm reminder: interstitial lung disease does not exist the best treatment, the main purpose of treatment is to slow down the progression of the disease, should be treated under the guidance of a doctor.